1987 PBA Reinforced Conference

The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit.^[1]

1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration	October 4 – December 13, 1987
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
Awards
Best Import	Bobby Parks (San Miguel Beermen)
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Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

• Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.^[2]
• Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.
• Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
• The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-seven playoff.^[3]

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters	7	3	.700	—	Semifinal round
2	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600	1
3	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings	6	4	.600	1
4	Ginebra San Miguel	5	5	.500	2
5	Great Taste Instant Milk	4	6	.400	3
6	Tanduay Rhum Makers	2	8	.200	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal round

Overall record Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722 — Advance to the Finals[a] 2 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 10 8 .556[b] 3 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff 3 Ginebra San Miguel 10 8 .556[b] 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff 4 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 9 9 .500 4 Proceed to third place playoffs 5 Great Taste Instant Milk 6 12 .333 7 Source: [citation needed] Notes: If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. Second seed playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

Semifinal round record Pos Team W L Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 7 1 2 Ginebra San Miguel 5 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff[a] 3 Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 4 4 4 Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 2 6 5 Great Taste Instant Milk 2 6 Source: [citation needed] Notes: San Miguel advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Hills Bros. 89–87 Ginebra

Finals berth playoff

Vintage

December 1

Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 89, Ginebra San Miguel 87

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Third place playoffs

Vintage

December 3

Ginebra San Miguel 134, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 127

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Vintage

December 6

Ginebra San Miguel 127, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 123

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December 8

Ginebra San Miguel 166, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 132

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Vintage

December 10

Ginebra San Miguel 153, Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters 109

Ginebra wins series, 4–0

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Finals

Main article: 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference finals

Vintage

December 3

San Miguel Beermen 97, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 110

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December 6

San Miguel Beermen 123, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 100

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December 8

San Miguel Beermen 114, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 92

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December 10

San Miguel Beermen 113, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 105

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Vintage

December 13

San Miguel Beermen 96, Hills Bros. Coffee Kings 86

San Miguel wins series, 4–1

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